Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-03

aoffNitg DO n0t always insure Success
fer IL has been one Of the quieasal sen-
sfor9. though Be formerly wss, wien =
fIonoreetrpan uilh No. Blaine. and Mr..
Blafns's rival for q while. - frtQaentiy
N his feet aud emphatic 10 BIS ettaet
a that gentleman Who rescSed TIE
senate for only brief spsee, nnd has
hesn fighting the beasts 81 kphes1s for
negnu wears. When began 20 pay as
feneion 20 Congress, Coifax was the
eoaaker. aud Dawes vas the Chairman
~ the ApDropriationa Commitfsa. while
Riafne ga tsle oon1ing man on the nouT.
aftnr Colfax was nulniuatsd for Ftee-
pFeriAent. a canvass Rt once bogan BE-
tween Dawes urd Blaine for she ehief-
tainrv az Congress. Blaine vas prob
nhlv vsrv veil known 70 the messsers
or the hoor. bat be bad not then at
tanned mnoh public reputation ihe
bsst that uas ka0wn Of him was bis
n.wrEn AND roses FIaHT WIZ coNK-
xxNe
In the lower House Of Congress. u is
200 aftan the case thai men otherwise
canabis never eel the publie eye nntii
theg 81 10 like Sullivan and some other
hrninef. Then The animal instinct
or men which leads them 10 run 70 see
4 dou -nQht eompEeheDds tue iutelleet
nal champions Who have spilled each
others gere aud ever after iden'ihss
them.
Oonhling had 3 long spell Of silence
after the oonfab. He rather posed ~
TIE intellectual obampions one above
runkine coalitions or biddIMe n = Leg
stature or Congress for snppoFs. when
Ne ran for the Seuate aaalusi adRs
Noah Davis, AndfeW White and Ezra
Cornell and other men Of family and
wealth took 40 conkiina's case. Thy
regarded him % man OF too mGon
taInut 10 demoan himself. Mhen he
was elected ID vas regarded a. the tn
umph Of The young college arm o. New
York, those Who had been locking for
years TO hnd man aomewhzt OF The
George william Carts stamp. This
Il literally true. and at khas period Of
bis life. say about 1851. Mf. Conkling
was rather fond Of being thought q
maauump or one Who sanied 20 elevate
ne plane Of something aud then stand
npon 4 himself. He came te tne Sen
aie, and vas practically quiet there dzT-
ins Johuston's administration, and
until Grant had boen & year perhaps IN
she Presidency. Then be suddenly
took the position Of the master Of TIE
patronage Of New York, which bad
been taken away from senator Fentop.
The press, generally speaking, regarded
Cunkstng's res coalition ~ possibly .
eorrnps one, aud had few things 10 say
IN hia favor. he WEtthed nidef ther re-
buka. and speedily emerged ffon has
comparative retiftmeat. 10 be thisk
and thin supporter Of GzAnt u every
thing, aud Afterwards an asssiiant Of
Sumner and sehurE, and then be grew
10 be the
MOL o. THE BOTS,
On the very same pFinoieia heve 81.
ready related, that be oonld dFsu blood
and strike a blow. Cnrieusiy enough
10 soon began 10 hgure a.
o shoulder striker, an ANA
teur boxer, one who had taken
lessons, And measured himself With Ned
Price and some others. This gave the
boys absolute hiiaFity. They thoaeht
they never had been I'D by snsh a
champion. He uaa re-tlsetea AZ least
twice, and began 30 al the papers more
than any other man IN the United
Stated. Bat be soon proved the rRie
that too much pFomiueacs IL mol good,
fer be lost his equipoise, grew disdain-
ful Of little man ~ veil ~ kig ones,
multiplied enemies. oonaehdsa vita
Presidents, and ~ last resigned from
she senate IN order 10 cone haek some
what Ike the banished Earl 81 Here
ford. and Dispatched he HING who hsd
hanisheds him.
Nj. Dawes, Left behind 10 the House
After Conkilng had gone up 30 the Sen
ate. seemed q naturl person 10 b
elected Speaker, hs was then q v.ry.
acsive man. rather fond og making 4
stokming party Of himself and assault.
in9 tie Whele appropriation hst. kew
peFsene ean nov remember hts assault
Ga the Chotpenntng claim, which thinly
masked "a attack apon Grants Post.
master General, CresNeli. and upon The
new administration IN general Few
can remember how be would come In
and attack she aggregate Of the apero.
pTtasion ball ~ repotted, and say that
the people wanted eecn0my, a8d De
wonid shrow bis fellow members into q
pickle By standing aerass their path
when they had the light % The treasury
gold in their eyes. Bat generally SPEAK
ing, after Dawes made these TRADES Be
woaid weaken and be pAciaed and
would take back considerable be had
said, % that bis enemies IN the nemo-
cratic camp would exalstms -, pshau
Dawes IL not o0f kins Of mani Ne hupea
be vas getng ~ explode bis owR party,
and nov we hnd him farming into
iis bank again" he tracked the
senate - quietly thal q alnasss seemed
- " be had sided in tiase BY aA1ht.
For nine successive Cuheseszes, eF
eighteen years, he bad besn 10 that
hoase. and had declined gsata sah.
and then they
sxsrFED aIN 1870 FNx srSkxK
To sueceed a man nos Qatts 10 gotten.
william 4. WashbaFn. uta BAD ben
appolnscd y take Charles Samner's va
sAnt sal
lie got This place 10 1875. IN 1881 he
sos II again; and now, ca ghs asa 81
nsxt March. II he lives. he viii kAve it
for the third lme. tie has grown
stronS ~ silence, By exadtne eanfi ess,
and | tAink l Onea sac hlna eeans bal
lied ~ IAoakstug, atsont the sarse atme
that the Esectural C.HMm tssfou
WI NAN ahs AAt 1+A NrAttaEEA u ESAfh4fN
% my Lord CoaAaug saat sasA aud
eaeh MAS COS tie lag u Mss
saehesetts, aasEg apon Cankline rspissli
contemptrausiy tsSt b. never sxpceSsd
10 llse b. Be- pcFfeas snoaEh 1a d any-
thih2 ~ veil - ttsY Std everything n
Massachusetts Ar. nswss sasehs tape
thFeSa so1sFEsRii ~ TIE AIT. aed a..
hvsred q esloES "a MaSssstuseats. lite
Dan3el Webster q cid. he sss dove.
teok his desc 81 salts, sasothsFe1 al
ehagrtn. and, behold, a. j. eansnz hsek
80 she SenAte. IoakiiHE, sho uexes
took any salts Or snnthSred auv sAs
sra. hes sea cot 81 ibs Sena4s 8eains,
his will.
kksAiae. Who came into the SeaAts
qaite easily, heard 4sraethtug sst1 slsoa
a Massachusetts and MAine, Ara as thsrs
hiuself Rto TIE bFeaSA. aas
from that aay 60 tbs n ssAehe
eetss has been svseplne tks aooF 90 uith
him.
hsothes HoAf. uba 3 Mr.. nawes' esl
ieaRoe. did not 50 into TIE Senkts fer
iva years asler Mr.. Dawes, Esd Ae safsl
has tive years 10 ran. having beea enes
re-eleeted, Dawes y sen Years eider
than Hear, ard tcaE4een YEAS olaer
than BlAinN. he y - sunty -cae years
ala-~a good soand aSe for rnkn wna
han h9en IN pahlle NE sNef Nnes lekA